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High Germany
Polly, lovely Polly, oh the rout has now begun
And we
must go marching to the beating of the drum
Dress yourself all in your best and come along with me
And
I'll take you to the cruel wars, in High Germany
My darling hero, mind what I do say
My feet they are so tender,
I cannot march away
Besides my only true love I am with child by thee
Not fitting for the cruel wars,
in High Germany
I'll buy you a horse love and on it you will ride
And you'll
my pride and joy riding by my side
We'll stop at every ale house and drink when we are dry
Be true to one
another, get married by and by
Cursed be them cruel wars that ever they should rise
And out
of merry England takes many a man likewise
They took my true love from me, likewise my brothers three
And maimed in
the wars, in High Germany
Polly, lovely Polly, oh the rout has now begun
And we must go marching to the beating of the drum
Trad Arr. Show of Hands
listen to music by Show of Hands by logging into their website
A Review of the album written by Jean Camp in 2002
This Studio album was recorded in 1997 and starts off with the fabulous
Cousin Jack, the name given to Cornish tin miners who left the country in order to search for work elsewhere in the world.
One line in the song says, The soil was too poor to make Eden, a line for which Steve now probably wishes he hadnt written!
Longdog, a story of poaching and living off someone elses land follows. The Shout is a song about Life Savers rushing to the
scene, fire engines and lifeboats! After which we have Wessex Melody starting slowly ending with a real jig and reel! The
title track Dark Field has Chris While joining in on vocals, we hear excellent lilting harmonies, in this heartbreaking love
song. The Train was born from Steve and Phil meeting an elderly Pakistani returning to his hometown after 50 years. Cello
Mandolin at its best! Flora is a traditional West Country song with Steve playing the Cuatro. Crazy Boy was written about
a friends 16-year-old son at Glastonbury. (Steve says the lad will be fine!) The Warlike Lads of Russia is a tale of Bonapartes
escapades in bet you cant guess where! A superb song sung superbly by Phil Beer! The Bob Dylan song Farewell Angelina is given
the Beer/Knightley treatment and is a very haunting, moving arrangement. A ghost tale next, The Bristol Slaver telling of
three way trade which doesn't normally get a mention in Bristol and Show of Hands wanted to address the balance! The wonderful
High Germany/Molly Oxford rounds off this most excellent CD. Kate Rusby joins in with vocals, Chris Wood on fiddle and Andy
Cutting on accordion. A tune of lost loves and family in wartime. But wait, another track not listed on the album cover can
be heard! After 4 minutes of silence after the last track you can hear a rustling, a train, then the gorgeous Cello Mandolin
can be heard, this formed the basis of the now famous The Train. This track was video recorded late one night in the grounds
of a hotel in Jodhpur, Gerard OFarrell was experimenting with walking around Steve and Phil making the mix change. The train
and garden sounds were recorded in Gloucestershire. Steve thinks it is in Cflat which they found was the base note for most
of the instruments they encountered there. A terrific album.
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1. Cousin Jack
2. Longdog
3. Shout
4. Wessex Medley: Carrick Roads/
Plum Pudding
/The Rocky Road to Chudleigh
5. Dark Fields
6. Train
7. Flora
8. Crazy Boy
9. Warlike Lads of Russia
10. Farewell,
Angelina
11.
Bristol Slaver
12. High Germany/Molly Oxford
created by
Headley Park Primary School
in Bristol,
a well researched and
well laid out website
One sees St Mawes and
Pendennis Castles,
the river entrance,
Falmouth Harbour
and its busy docks.
Beaches , places used by
the American Troops for
the build up to D-Day,
and a wealth of bird
and marine life.
Keep a lookout for dolphins,
seals, and basking sharks
might be around!
Carrick, a place to be
a photographic project
to document Chudleigh's
history
a resource list
In 1870 Cornwall was the
premier tin mining field
in the world. Riding high on its
success, the industry was blissfully
unaware that like the
copper industry before it,
there was trouble
ahead.
crimes against wildlife
a PBS website
the BBC's plum pudding
(1722-1771)
1914-1918
(High Germany)
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related internet links
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Devon Library and
Information Services website.
Old topographical prints
of Devon
have a look at the
Dark Fields album cover
then have a look at
this website
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